Synopsis

The day found Hoss and Joe escorting their sweethearts to a vibrant, peculiar carnival. But the festive atmosphere shattered when Joe’s recent acquaintance, Jennifer Beale, was taken by the carnival's unsettling proprietor, Philip Reed, and his shadowy associate, Gerner. Jennifer happened to be the daughter of Joshua Beale, the wealthiest man in the Comstock, and Gerner persuaded Reed to demand a million-dollar ransom, certain that her father would readily pay for her safe return. Reed’s own gir